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US3553565A
US3553565A US693824A US3553565DA US3553565A US 3553565 A US3553565 A US 3553565A US 693824 A US693824 A US 693824A US 3553565D A US3553565D A US 3553565DA US 3553565 A US3553565 A US 3553565A
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Johannes Gerardus Wouterus Bom
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    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
    • H02J7/00—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
    • H02J7/14—Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries for charging batteries from dynamo-electric generators driven at varying speed, e.g. on vehicle
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  • the invention relates to a difference amplifier, in which the voltage to be amplified is applied to the base-emitter path of a transistor of an amplifier stage by way of a voltage divider and the base-emitter-threshold voltage of this transistor is used as a reference voltage source having a negative temperature coefficient.
  • the invention has for an object to provide a simplified difference amplifier provided with a reference voltage source having a selected negative temperature coefiicient, which moreover can be readily constructed as an integrated circuit or as a monolytic circuit arrangement.
  • the difference amplifier according to the invention is characterized in that the ratio of division of the voltage divider is chosen to be approximately equal to the ratio between the temperature coefficient of the base-emitter threshold voltage of the transistor and the desired temperature coefficient. However, this is possible only if the ratio between the base-emitter voltage required and the supply voltage is equal to the aforesaid ratio between the temperature coefficients. However, the fulfillment of this condition can usually be rendered possible by compensating the loss of sensitivity resulting from the ratio of division of this voltage divider by means of an additional amplifier stage.
  • FIG. 1 shows the circuit diagram of an arrangement for charging an accumulator, in which a known difference amplifier controls the energization of a charging dynamo;
  • FIG. 2 shows the circuit diagram of the same arrangement which is provided with a difference amplifier in accordance with the invention.
  • FIG. 1 The arrangement shown diagrammatically in FIG. 1 has a dynamo 2 with an output rectifier bridge 3 and an energizing winding 4. It serves to charge a storage battery 1, for example, a 12 v. battery of a motor vehicle.
  • the current through the energizing winding 4 is supplied by the battery 1 and controlled by a difference amplifier in accordance with the comparison of the voltage across the battery 1 with a reference voltage.
  • the current through the energizing winding 4 should be controlled so that the charging dynamo 2, 4 no longer supplies any current through the rectifier to the battery 1 as soon as the terminal voltage of this battery hasattained a charge value of approximately 14.4 v. at an ambient temperature of 20 C., which switching-off value should increase at 20 C. to 15.84 v. with a temperature coefficient of 0.036 v./ C. for the whole battery 1.
  • the arrangement includes a difference amplifier.
  • Part of the voltage across the battery 1 is derived from the taping on an ohmic voltage divider comprising resistors 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 and is applied, after subtraction of the substantially constant breakdown" voltage across a Zener diode 10 serving as the reference voltage source, between the base and emitter of a transistor 12 of the npn-type of a first amplifier stage.
  • the baseemitter path of transistor 12 is shunted by a resistor 11 through which the base of this transistor remains in connection with the emitter even upon extinction of the Zener diode 10.
  • the collector is connected to the positive terminal of the battery 1 through a load resistor 13, to the base of a second transistor 15 of the npn-type and to a negative feedback capacitor 14 included between the collector and the base of transistor 12.
  • the emitter of transistor 15 is connected, like the emitter of transistor 12, to the negative terminal of the battery 1, its collector being connected to the positive terminal of the battery through the energizing winding 4 and to the base of transistor 12 through a feedback circuit comprising the seriescombination of a resistor 16 and a capacitor 17.
  • the inductive load is constituted by the energizing winding 4 shunted by a damping diode 18.
  • the resistor 7 of the voltage divider is an NTC- resistor having a negative temperature coefficient and the values of resistors 5, 6, 8 and 9 are chosen so that at the switching-off value of, for example, 14.4 v. at 20 C. of the voltage across the battery 1, the voltage across resis tors 8 and 9 is equal to the sum of the breakdown voltage across the Zener diode 10 and the base-emitter threshold voltage of transistor 12 and that this ratio is maintained at different temperatures, for example, at a switching-off value of 15.84 v. at 20 C.; the variable resistor 9 then permits of obtaining an accurate adjustment to the desired switching-off values.
  • the Zener diode 10 breaks down and then the voltage drop across resistor 11 increases until it exceeds the base-emitter threshold voltage of transistor 12. This transistor then becomes conducting so that the transistor 15 is cut off.
  • the feedback circuit 16, 17 promotes the switching process so that the switching losses in the transistor 15 remain low.
  • the difference amplifier then operates as a monostable trigger arrangement, the switching-off periods determined by the elements 16 and 17 being substantially constant and the recurrence frequency of the switching-off periods increasing with the charging voltage across the battery 1, so that the charging voltage is limited by the periodic interruption of the current through the energizing winding 4.
  • the currents through the resistors 6 and 7 and through the resistor 11 are comparatively high and involve an additional dissipation, which not only results in an unnecessary loss, but also in the necessity of additionally cooling these resistors so that the behaviour of the arrangement at a varying ambient temperature will not be disturbed.
  • the difference amplifier should be constructed at least in part as an integrated circuit or even as a monolytic circuit arrangement, only the part enclosed by a dotted line, i.e. transistors 12 and 15, resistor 16 and diode 18, suits this purpose,
  • NTC-resistor 7 in the upper branch of the voltage divider -9 could be replaced by a FTC-resistor having a positive temperature coefficient in the lower branch of the voltage divider and that alternatively, the NTC- or FTC-resistor could be replaced by a reference voltage source having a suitable temperature coeflicient.
  • the invention is based on recognition of the fact that the base-emitter threshold voltage of a transistor has a suitable temperature coefficient.
  • the base-emitter threshold voltage of approximately 0.7 v. of transistor 12 is used as reference voltage source having a negative temperature coefficient of, for example, approximately 0.00 .2 v./ C.
  • the NTC- resistor 7 with its series resistor 6, the Zener diode 10- and the shunt resistor 11 are dispensed with, whilst the adjustable resistor 9 is connected in the upper branch of the remaining voltage divider 5, 8, 9.
  • the battery needs supply through the resistor 13 only the comparatively small base current for the transistor 15' instead of the larger base current for the output transistor 15. Consequently, this resistor may have a higher value, which has a favourable influence on the sensitivity of the whole circuit arrangement, whilst the energy dissipated therein is considerably lower.
  • the whole difference amplifier, except the capacitors 14 and 17 and the variable resistor 9 may now be constructed as an integrated circuit or even as a monolytic circuit arrangement, which is particularly favourable in mass production.
  • the transistor 12 was of the type Philips BC108, the transistor 15 of the type Philips BFYSl, the transistor 15 of the type Philips BDYlO and the diode 18 of the type Philips BYX20-200.
  • the resistors and capacitors had the following values:
  • Resistor 5 1 k9 Resistor 8: 8.29 Resistor 9: 01 kl'l Resistor 13: 56052 Resistor 16: 1209 Resistor 19: 4700 Capacitor 14: 0.047nf. Capacitor 17: 0.1/Lf
  • the difference amplifier in accordance with the invention was used here in an arrangement for charging a storage battery, but it is also suitable for other uses, for example, for limiting the current through a winding, for example, of a transformer which on account of the more satisfactory cooling can pass a higher current at a low ambient temperature than at a higher ambient temperature.
  • a difference amplifier having a selectable temperature coefficient comprising a transistor having base, emitter and collector terminals, the base and emitter terminals having a characteristic breakdown voltage therebetween varying in accordance with a negative temperature coefficient; a voltage divider comprising a first terminal, a second terminal, at least two series coupled resistors connected between the first and second terminals and a tap terminal connected to a junction of two adjacent resistors in the divider; means for connecting an input voltage to the first terminal of the divider; means for connecting the tap terminal of the divider to the base terminal of the transistor; and means for connecting the emitter terminal of the transistor and the second terminal of the divider to a reference voltage, whereby a portion of the input voltage is conducted to the base and emitter terminals of the transistor; the ratio of the resistance of the divider between the tap terminal and second terminal to the total divider resistance having a fixed value approximately equal to the ratio of the temperature coefficient of the base-emitter threshold voltage of the transistor to the selected temperature coefficient.

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US3895283A (en) * 1973-11-26 1975-07-15 Vapor Corp Temperature responsive battery charging circuit
US3919616A (en) * 1972-12-06 1975-11-11 Gen Systems Constant voltage power supply
US3967186A (en) * 1975-02-03 1976-06-29 Solitron Devices, Inc. Solid state voltage regulator
US4847547A (en) * 1988-07-21 1989-07-11 John Fluke Mfg., Co. Inc. Battery charger with Vbe temperature compensation circuit

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US3919616A (en) * 1972-12-06 1975-11-11 Gen Systems Constant voltage power supply
US3895283A (en) * 1973-11-26 1975-07-15 Vapor Corp Temperature responsive battery charging circuit
US3967186A (en) * 1975-02-03 1976-06-29 Solitron Devices, Inc. Solid state voltage regulator
US4847547A (en) * 1988-07-21 1989-07-11 John Fluke Mfg., Co. Inc. Battery charger with Vbe temperature compensation circuit

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